单词 | ocellar |
释义 | ocellaradj. 1. Zoology. Of or relating to an ocellus or ocelli. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [adjective] > of parts of > of or relating to ocelli ocellary1854 ocellar1872 1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 600 The perfect insect is honey yellow, except the eyes, ocelli, and sometimes the ocellar space, which are black. 1895 New Eng. Mag. Apr. 174/2 The caterpillar had simple eyes, the chrysalis an ocellar ribband. 1975 Nature 18 Dec. 604/1 A cut then serves to remove the ocellus and a length of ocellar nerve. 1999 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 11900/1 By grafting, we have artificially generated homeotic ribbonworms of the species Lineus ruber with a duplicated ocellar region replacing the postocellar region anterior to the brain. 2. Geology. Having or designating a structure (of igneous rocks) in which minute crystals of one mineral are arranged in radiating aggregations round larger crystals of another mineral. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [adjective] > enclosure ocellar1886 poikilitic1886 hyalopilitic1888 poikiloblastic1920 1886 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 42 72 For a similar intergrowth of minerals, H. Fischer proposed the name of ‘ocellar structure’, while in 1881, F. Becke described a number of..cases of the same character under the name of centric structure. 1941 Science 22 Aug. 183/1 John C. Haff, Colorado School of Mines, will study ocellar structure in lamprophyric dikes and alkaline extrusives. 1988 Geol. Mag. 125 287 The total thickness of ocellar komatiite flows ranges from 5 to 60m. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1872 |
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